The Minister of State for Higher Education, Mary Mitchell O’Connor T.D. and the Minister of State with special responsibility for Housing and Urban Development, Damien English T.D. today released the end Q2 2018 progress report on the National Student Accommodation Strategy. The National Student Accommodation Strategy complements the initiatives being taken by the Minister for Housing to increase housing supply under Rebuilding Ireland.

The Fine Gael (FG) Parliamentary Party tonight recommended to FG’s Executive Council that the party actively support the candidacy of incumbent President Michael D Higgins in any potential Presidential Election campaign this year.

Fine Gael Galway West TD, Hildegarde Naughton, has been appointed Chair of a new Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action.

Fine Gael Minister Patrick O’Donovan has commended an east Limerick village for the role it played in the rescue of 12 boys and their football coach from underwater caves in Thailand.

Fine Gael TD for Louth, Fergus O’Dowd, has called on Fianna Fáil to urgently clarify if the party is calling for plans to be drawn up for a return to a border on the island of Ireland.

Fine Gael Senator, Neale Richmond, has called on LUAS operator Transdev to put in place a proper plan for major events following chaotic scenes after the Michael Bublé concert in Croke Park.

Loopholes surrounding online marketing of junk food to youths should be closed, Dublin Senator Catherine Noone has said.

Fine Gael TD for Sligo - Leitrim and Assistant Government Whip, Tony McLoughlin, has announced that 150 new jobs are to be created in Sligo by Phibro Animal Health Corporation (PAHC).

The Heritage Bill contains several crucial measures for rural Ireland, the chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Rural Affairs and Community Development has said.